by Ellen Cogan | Oct 26, 2023 | Teaching and Learning
You don’t need a book to tell stories. Story telling happens in all cultures, and has been going on far longer than the written word. Any time you describe something that happened already, you are telling the story of what happened. The more you do...
by Ellen Cogan | Oct 26, 2023 | Teaching and Learning
Someone asked how to introduce loose parts in an early childhood center where the teachers were not familiar with them. It would have been better to introduce the idea at a staff meeting first. But it’s too late for that now. So I suggested what I did when...
by Ellen Cogan | Oct 26, 2023 | Teaching and Learning
Most often, children who make things, especially pictures, collages, block or rock or other structures, have no idea before-hand about a finished product. They just make things. Sometimes, after they are finished, they look at it and notice it looks like...
by Ellen Cogan | Oct 26, 2023 | General Observation
SAVE OUR CHILDREN! RAISE YOUR VOICE! Now is the time, when states are re-examining their education systems, for all early childhood advocates to make our voices heard, and loudly. We need to cite research that play and movement are critical to children’s...
by Ellen Cogan | Oct 26, 2023 | Children and families
When my children were small and medium sized, I was too often home with them during bouts of childhood illnesses. “Boring” was not a word I liked to hear. So I tried all sorts of silly things to keep them interested. One of their favorites was living room picnics. ...
